Alexei Navalny - report

Russian opposition leader and political prisoner (born 1976)

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny is a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist. He has organised anti-government demonstrations and run for office to advocate reforms against corruption in Russia, and against president Vladimir Putin and his government, who avoids referring directly to Navalny by name. Navalny was a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member. He is the leader of the Russia of the Future party and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). He is recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights.

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2022 2023 2024

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Alexei Navalny was poisoned a year ago today. He fell deathly ill on a flight that had just taken off from Siberia. Now he sits in a Russian jail for parole violations connected to a case the European Court of Human Rights has called trumped up.
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The decision will effectively liquidate Navalny’s non-violent opposition movement. Moscow City Court's ruling prevents people associated with Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption from seeking public office. The extremist label also carries lengthy prison terms for activists who have worked with the organizations.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in the third week of a hunger strike. The 44-year-old started refusing food on March 31 in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to provide him with adequate medical care. Doctors have warned that Navalny, who is currently on hunger strike, could die "any minute"
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is showing signs of kidney failure. Tests show potentially fatal levels of potassium in his blood. The 44-year-old has been on hunger strike since March 31 over jail conditions. He says he is being denied proper treatment for acute pain in his back and numbness in his legs.
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U.S. and EU impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning, jailing. Trump administration reportedly quietly funded Operation Warp Speed with money set aside for hospitals. Congress granted HHS permission to move pandemic-related money between accounts.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence was rejected by a Moscow court on Saturday. Navalny will likely be forced to serve over 2 1/2 years in prison despite a top European rights court's calling for Navalny to be freed. The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Russian government to release Navalny.
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Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for three-and-a-half years in Russia. Court found he violated the terms of his probation. Allies have called for new protests in Moscow as his lawyer reportedly said Navalny will appeal the court decision.
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained when returning to Russia for the first time since a suspected poisoning by the FSB last year. Moscow’s prison service has applied to convert a suspended three-and-a-half year embezzlement sentence. Navalny has for years campaigned against alleged corruption in Russia's political elite. He was hauled into the Moscow police station on Monday after allegedly being denied access to his lawyers.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany. The prison service said he was detained for multiple violations of parole and terms of a suspended prison sentence. Navalny had spent the previous five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack. He says the case that he says was trumped up could see him jailed for 3-1/2 years.